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Volunteer Tutors as a Reading Intervention for Students with Reading Difficulties. Research Report No. 18. Instructional Alternatives Project.

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Weiss, Jill A.; And Others – 1988

The effectiveness of using volunteer reading tutors to work with students with reading difficulties was examined. Changes in academic engaged time, active responding time, achievement, and student attitude were assessed, along with information from tutor evaluations. Nine intervention and 8 control students (grades 3-5) with mild handicaps…

Descriptors: Elementary Education, Maintenance, Mild Disabilities, Program Effectiveness

Social Validity of Three Interventions Targeting Increases in Academic Engaged Time. Research Report No. 21. University of Minnesota Instructional Alternatives Project.

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Thurlow, Martha L.; And Others – 1989

Social validity data were collected for three educational interventions designed to increase the academic engaged time of elementary special education students: (1) a reading tutorial intervention, (2) a special education consultation intervention, and (3) a home-based consultation intervention. A total of 29 students, 14 parents, 21 teachers, and…

Descriptors: Consultation Programs, Elementary Education, Home Programs, Mild Disabilities

Effectiveness of Home-Based Consultation in Increasing Student Academic Responding. Research Report No. 19. University of Minnesota Instructional Alternatives Project.

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Christenson, Sandra L.; And Others – 1989

Home-based consultations about homework were conducted over a 12-week period with nine families of elementary students with mild handicaps to determine the extent to which consultations increased academic responding time, and to document home and school factors that contribute to work incompletion problems. The intervention was implemented by…

Descriptors: Consultation Programs, Elementary Education, Home Programs, Homework